Georgetown : The 2014 allocation of $1.982B was approved for the Region Five, Regional Democratic Council (RDC).
Approved for Region Five, Regional Administration and Finance was the sum total of $118.368M, agriculture projects received 203.118M, public works, $182.689M, education delivery $1.114B, and health Services, the sum of $362.951M.
Also covered under public works is $55M for the construction and rehabilitation of community roads including at Bath Settlement, Lovely Lass and Cotton Tree, and $16M for the rehabilitation of streets in housing schemes including in Zorg-en-Hoop, Blairmont and Shieldstown. The sum of $14M will cater for the rehabilitation of the wharf at Central Mahaicony.
Minister Whittaker explained that the roads will be upgraded from ‘mud’ to crusher run or DBST in some cases and in other instances there will be the move from DBST to asphalt.
He also committed to providing the National Assembly with a print out of each of the roads and bridges to be undertaken in 2014 under the heading, the amount to be spent and the materials to be used.
Meanwhile, under Education, $53.623M will fund the completion of the Novar primary and the Mahaicony Secondary School, the construction of a teacher’s quarter at Gordon Table, the construction of tarmacs at Fort Wellington Secondary and Novar and Belladrum Primary Schools, the extension of the Woodley Park Primary and the enclosure of the teachers’ quarters at Karamat.
The sum of $14.485M will provide for the purchase of education furniture, from which 11 secondary schools, and 30 nursery and primary schools, will benefit, Minister Whittaker explained.
Meanwhile, under health services, $27.5M will be used to improve the Fort Wellington Hospital. Works to be covered include the construction of an administrative building and incinerator, the extension of the pharmacy and the rewiring of the building. The sum of $21.192M will provide for the purchase of health equipment and furniture for the regional health facilities, whilst $11M will purchase an ambulance which will be placed at the Mahaicony Hospital.
The consideration of the estimates and expenditure for the remaining five administrative regions will continue on April 14.
